Vehicle.



PATBNTED vJULY 10, 1906.l

No.'825,64l.

P. E. BBRENZ.

VEHICLE.

10N HLED o UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

PHILIP E. EBRENZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN DEERE v PLOV COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A COPARTNERSHIP.

VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application led October Z3, 1905. Serial No. 283,927.

To rif/ZZ whom it may concern.-

B'e it known that I, PHILIP E. EBRENZ, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicles, and it has particular reference to binding and bracing members by which the joints of the seat-frames of the vehicles are reinforced, strengthened, and held from separation.

Figure I is a perspective view of a vehiclebody and seat-frame with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. II is an enlarged top or plan view of a portion of the body and seat-frame, showing my improvement applied thereto. Fig. III isa front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. II. Fig. IV is a perspective view of my binding members.

A designates the body of a vehicle, such as a buggy, and B the seat-frame-supporting risers surmounting the sides of said body.

O designates the side posts of the bodyframe, by which the seat-frame of the vehicle is supported.

D designates the front and rear stretcherrails, and E the side rails of the seat-frame. These rails are joined to each other in any common manner, preferably by mortisejoints, and when so united they are in the absence or' any binding or bracing means eX- tremely liable to become separated during the use of the vehicle, and to prevent such separation I utilize the binding and bracing members, which I will proceed to describe.

l designates binding-straps which have narrow leg portions that are adapted to be secured to the side posts O of the vehicle-body by suitable means, such as bolts or screws. These straps have widened upper vertical portions 2, that are adapted to fit against and be secured to the front and rear stretcherrails D. Extending laterally from the upper portions 2 are lips 3, which are adapted to eX- tend over onto the upper edges of the front and .rear stretcher-rails, to which they are adapted to be secured, and onto the oints at the mating corners oi' the front and rear stretcher-rails and the side stretcher-rails. The straps 1 are also provided at their upper ends with tongues 4, which extend from the lips 3 over the side stretcher-rails and the risers B. These tongues are adapted to be secured to the side stretcher-rails, and each tongue is provided with downwardly-extending spurs 5, which are adapted to be driven into the risers B.

It will be seen that by the described construction the straps 1 may be firmly secured to the side posts of the vehicle-body, the front, rear, and side rails of the seat-frame, and also serve to connect the seat-frame to the risers of the body, due to the spurs 5 being embedded in said risers. By this means the joints of the seat-frame oi the vehicle are rigidly held from separation, and the frame is very efficiently tied to the body of the vehicle.

6 designates braces having their foot portions secured to the side posts of the vehiclebody and to the body side sills and also having their upper ends extendin at angles to their foot portions and secure to the front and rear stretcher-rails. These braces by their particular attachment to the vehiclebody and the seat-frame stretcher-rails serve to restrain the seat-frame from lateral movement, thereby relieving the seat-hame-supporting risers oi' strain.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination with a vehicle-body having side posts, and a seat-frame consistving of front, rear and side rails, of bindingstraps secured to said posts and overlapping onto said rails at their junctions, said straps having lips secured to said front and rear stretcher-rails and tongues secured to said side stretcher-rails, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a vehicle-body having side posts, and a seat-frame consisting of iront, rear and side rails, of bindingstraps secured to said posts and overlapping onto said rails at their junctions; said straps having lips secured to said front and rear stretcher-rails and ton ues secured to said side stretcher-rails, an said tongues being provided with spurs adapted to enter the vehicle-body, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a vehicle-body having risers surmounting its side walls and having side posts, and a seat-frame consisting of iront, rear and side stretcher-rails, of binding-straps secured to said side posts and said stretcher-rails, said straps having over- IOO turned lips and tongues atther upper ends I connecting said body and said seat-frame, secured to said stretcher-rails, and said substantially as set forth. tongues having spurs arranged to enter said i PHILIP E. EBRENZ. users, substantlally as set forth.

4. The combination With a Vehicle-body In presence of and a seat-frame, of binding-straps secured BLANCHE HOGAN,

to said body and said seat-frame andbraoes Y WM. H. SCOTT. 

